Courtesy of Adherbal de Oliveira, Travessia do Leme ao Pontal, Brazil. Courtesy of Elias Lefas. The 1.5-mile open water swimming race on Santorini Island in Greece will be held on October 8th. Registrations can be completed here. 2016 Rio Olympic marathon swimmer Kelly Araouzou will headline the female open water swimmers while several men from […]

Courtesy of World Anti-Doping Agency. David Meca was one of the best open water swimmers in history. Not only did Meca win FINA world championship races in 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2005 and 25 FINA World Cup races while being ranked #1 on the 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2003 FINA professional circuits during his lengthy

Courtesy of Liberty Wave Open Water Swim, East Coast Park, Singapore. With political leaders including the Speaker of the Parliament and President of the Singapore National Olympic Council Tan Chuan-Jin, Singapore Swimming Association executives, national team coach Stephen Widmer looking on, Benedict Boon and Chantal Liew [shown on left] won the inaugural Liberty Wave Open

Courtesy of Petflair. Three pet lovers from Sydney, Australia created a Kickstarter campaign for Petflair, a company that makes customized swimwear, towels, stickers and bags that give tribute to pets. Petflair was created to support Pound Paws, the charity dedicated to reducing the number of pets on death row in animal shelters. Britt is the

Courtesy of Melissa Kegler, Notorious Alki Swimmers. The Notorious Alki Swimmers is a pod of open water swimmers that trains every Saturday and Sunday mornings off of Alki Beach in West Seattle, Washington. Melissa Kegler describes the group. “We meet at the Alki Bathhouse which is right on the beach across from our favorite post-swim

Courtesy of Richard Gardner, Sierra Nevada mountains, California. Richard Gardner has been living with Multiple Sclerosis for the last 16 years of his life. “My MS reminds me each and every day that it has a game plan of its own, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed, and

Courtesy of Channel Swimming Association, English Channel. Lynton Mortensen started his first summer Down Under in his native Australia earlier this year – and then moved northwards to finish his second consecutive summer of charity swimming. After completing the Rottnest Channel Swim and Strait of Gibraltar in 2016, the 53-year-old lawyer started to rev up

Updated data courtesy of Alton Motobu, Waikiki Roughwater Swim, Hawaii. The Waikiki Roughwater Swim is one of the most historical and scenic mass participation ocean swims in the world. Starting under the shadow of the Diamond Head volcano, the course takes swimmers across Waikiki Bay to the shores of the Hilton Hawaiian Village. The course